[[Image:Tower of winds.jpg|thumb|300px|The Tower of Winds]]

'''Andronicus of [[Cyrrhus]]'''([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]:Ανδρόνικος Κυρρήστου) or '''Andronicus Cyrrhestes''',son of Hermias, was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[astronomer]] who flourished about 100 BC.

He built a [[horologium]] at [[Athens]], the so-called [[Tower of the Winds]], a considerable portion of which still exists. It is octagonal, with figures carved on each side, representing the eight principal winds. In antiquity a bronze figure of [[Triton (god)|Triton]] on the summit, with a rod in his hand, turned round by the wind, pointed to the quarter from which it blew. From this model is derived the custom of placing weathercocks on steeples.

==References==
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*[[Tenos]] island - [http://inscriptions.packhum.org/inscriptions/main?url=oi%3Fikey%3D78245%26bookid%3D21%26region%3D7%26subregion%3D20 Epigraphical Database]

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